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Quenching Kenya: Can New Water Discoveries Save East Africa?
April 9th, 2014
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting article on the role that two recently discovered aquifers in Kenya may play in regional development and politics: An armed Turkana man walks towards the shores of Lake Turkana, October 12, 2013. Water scarcity is becoming the defining international crisis of the twenty-first century. Water conflicts rage across the world […]
Read more »Egypt Remains Reactionary As Nile Saga Continues
April 9th, 2014
Via Future Directions Interational, a look at how the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam by Ethiopia continues to create tension in Egypt over regional water security. Egypt remains vocal in its objection to the project, but will need to adopt a more co-operative outlook if real progress is to be made on regional water […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Furious Himalayan Flood Could Bury India’s Hydropower Program
April 2nd, 2014
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a detailed look at how a treacherous mountain range in India’s Uttarakhand region unleashed a torrent of water, mud, and boulders that was long anticipated and willfully ignored, and the impact it will have upon India’s hydropower plans: The Uttarakhand flood exceeded every previous high-end boundary of water surge, […]
Read more »Sinking Hopes: San Joaquin Valley Sinking As Farmers Race To Tap Aquifer
April 2nd, 2014
Courtesy of the San Jose Mercury News, an interesting article on the deleterious impact wells are having upon California aquifers: So wet was the San Joaquin Valley of Steve Arthur’s childhood that a single 240-foot-deep well could quench the thirst of an arid farm. Now his massive rig, bucking and belching, must drill 1,200 feet […]
Read more »IPCC Report Warns Of Increased Risks Associated With Water Insecurity
March 30th, 2014
Via The Guardian, a look at the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that discusses risks associated with water insecurity, due for example to shrinking of glaciers that act as key water resources for various regions around the world, and through changing precipitation patterns: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just published its latest […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Rivers At The Brink Of Collapse
March 27th, 2014
Via the Huffington Post, a look at the state of China’s rivers: China’s rulers have traditionally derived their legitimacy from controlling water. The country ranks only sixth in terms of annual river runoff, but counts half the planet’s large dams within its borders. A new report warns that dam building has brought China’s river ecosystems […]
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